Motivation is the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It is the process of stimulating people to action to accomplish the goals. So, we all need motivation at some point of time in our life to achieve our goals. These are some motivational quotes by some of the women leaders.
1. “ Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.” — Cindy Gallop
2. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
3. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
4. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ” ― Roseanne Barr
5. “When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” — Diane Von Furstenberg
6. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” — Madeleine Albright
7. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou
8. “ Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”— Anne Frank
9. “On my own I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll just create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” — Oprah Winfrey
10. “If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.” — Anita Roddick
11. “We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.” — Marianne Williamson
12. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” — Arianna Huffington
13. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” — Wilma Rudolph
14. “When you have found it, you should stick to it.” — Audrey Hepburn
15. “All the people who knock me down only inspire me to do better.” — Selena Gomez
16.“When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” — Sara Blakely
17. “Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” — Audrey Hepburn
18. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. “ — Jennifer Lopez
19. “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.” — Rosa Parks
20. “Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else.” — Judy Garland
21. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
22. “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” — Alice Walker
23. “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” — Joan Rivers
24. “The only accessory that you need to wear in life is Confidence” — Priyanka Chopra Jonas
25. “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” — Malala Yousafzai
26.“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” — Angelina Jolie
27. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” — Serena Williams
28. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
29. “Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.” — Anne Frank
30.“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” — Malala Yousafzai
31. “Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” — Martha Stewart
32. “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” — Mother Teresa
33. “Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.” — Queen Victoria
34. “The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.” — Marianne Williamson
35. “You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” — Ethel Barrymore
36. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” — Peggy O’Mara
37. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou
38. “Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me.” — Sheryl Sandberg
39. “I’m in my prime. There’s no goal too far, no mountain too high.” — Wilma Rudolph
40. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks
41. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” — Shonda Rhimes
42. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” — Erica Jong
43. “You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else.” — Chris Evert
44. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” — Louise Hay
45. “Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.” — Julia Child
46. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa
47. “Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.” — Audrey Hepburn
48. “You can be the lead in your own life.” — Kerry Washington
49. “Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.” — Anne Frank
50.“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” — Frida Kahlo
51. “Everyone shines, given the right lighting.” — Susan Cain
52. “Keep in mind always the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want.”— Alice Walker
53. “Cherish forever what makes you unique, cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.” — Bette Midler
54. “Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.” — Florence Nightingale
55. “It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve gotta blast through and have faith.” — Emma Watson
56. “Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds, will continue in others.” — Rosa Parks
57. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” — Anna Wintour
58. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” — Anne Sweeney
59. “Success is an exception, so be exceptional.” — Malti Bhojwani
60. “Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.” — Wilma Rudolph
61. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells
62. “Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” — Sheryl Sandberg
63. “I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.” — Princess Diana
64. “Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.” — Audrey Hepburn
65. “Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” — Anne Frank
66. “Don’t waste a single second. Just move forward as fast as you can, and go for it.” — Rebecca Woodcock
67. “The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don’t want.” — Iyanla Vanzant
68. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” — Ginni Rometty
69. “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” — Atticus
70.“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” — Mother Teresa
71. “Channeling dissatisfaction into action is transformative.” — Gloria Steinem
73. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
74. “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” — Rosalynn Carter
75. “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” — Toni Morrison
76. “There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” — Rita Dove
77. “I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can’t fail if you do that.” — Anita Hill
78. “You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.” — Mary Elizabeth Winstead
79. “Each person must live their life as a model for others.” -— Rosa Parks
80. “There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.” —Elaine Welteroth
81. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.” — Anne Frank
82. “Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” — Simone Biles
83. “Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.” — Helena Rubinstein
84. “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” — Janis Joplin
85. “The focus is what is right before you – to give it your best. It sows the seeds of tomorrow.” — Kiran Bedi.
86. “Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift – there is nothing small about it.” -— Florence Nightingale
87. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” — Marianne Williamson
88. “You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.” — Priyanka Chopra Jonas
89. “It’s amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly, and authoritatively demand it.” -— Meryl Streep
90. “Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.” — Alice Walker.
91. “If you know you’re going to fail, then fail gloriously!” — Cate Blanchett
92. “I’m a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it.” — Jennifer Lawrence
93. “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” — Atticus
94. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
95. “Your dreams are what defines your individuality. They have the power to give you wings and make you fly high.” — PV Sindhu
96. “You can always find a solution if you try hard enough.” — Lori Greiner
97. “Femininity is your greatest power. Embrace it!” — Stacey Martino
98. “Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”— Audre Lorde
99. “Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.” — Wilma Rudolph
100. “Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.” — Uta Hagen
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